Communicating about Life-Limiting Illness

Hosted by leading expert in end-of-life communication, Professor Peter Martin, this intensive workshop provides a unique opportunity for clinicians to:

• Share and discuss the common challenges as they relate to chronic life-limiting illness
• Refine how to individualise recommendations for diverse patient cohorts
• Refine strategies for patients who request care and interventions that seem to be discordant from their own goals
• Explore effective communication strategies when faced with complex family dynamics
• Refine advanced communication skills that empower people to explore their advance care wishes.

The small-group format provides a comfortable setting for exploring the topic in depth with the support of Peter and a highly trained OCPH simulated patient.

Strictly limited places.

Facilitators

Peter Martin, MB BCh BAO, MMed, FAChPM

Professor of Clinical Communication & End-of-Life Care, Deakin University School of Medicine

Director, Centre for Organisational Change in Person-Centred Healthcare (OCPH), Deakin University, Faculty of Health

Palliative Medicine Physician

Adjunct Professor of Communication, University of Southern Denmark

Peter has been involved with communication skills training for over 25 years and has been a clinician for over 30 years. His clinical interest is cancer cachexia. Peter has taught communication skills with Cambridge, Monash, Melbourne and Deakin medical schools. He has taught at numerous postgraduate courses with a variety of health professional disciplines nationally for more than 15 years. Since becoming the Director of OCPH, Peter has developed and run a wide range of 1,2 or 3-day courses on healthcare communication including high-level train-the-trainer courses. Peter is co-creator of OCPH’s major, organisational level interventions to drive person-centred healthcare communication, Your Thoughts Matter and Conversations Matter.

Cancellation

If a participant chooses to cancel their confirmed registration, or cannot or does not attend the program, the following fees and conditions will apply:

• The registered participant may nominate a substitute delegate in their place in the program at no additional charge. To do so, both the registrant and the nominated substitute must provide written notification to ocph@deakin.edu.au at least two working days prior to the first day of the program.
• The registered participant may alternatively cancel their registration in writing to ocph@deakin.edu.au and pay the applicable cancellation fee.
• Registration cancellations received:

More than 14 days prior to the event will not incur a cancellation fee

Less than 14 days prior to the event will incur a cost recovery fee of $55

COVID-19 Safety

OCPH is committed to participant health and safety. We are dedicated to adhering to local, state and federal policies and restrictions – including those in relation to COVID-19. You are asked not to attend if you feel unwell.

While every effort will be made by OCPH to ensure the venue booked remains consistent with the venue communicated at the time of the booking, OCPH reserves the right to assign an alternative venue where the venue is inappropriate or unavailable due to circumstances beyond OCPH's control.